Swinging car-door and hanger.



I L. T. KENNY.

SWINGING CAR DOOR AND HANGER.

APPLlCATlON FILED APR. n, ma.

Patented May 7,1918.

arr s ATS a SWINGING CAR-DOOR AND HANGER.

T0 alZ trim/1i it may concern Be it known that I, LUTHER T. KENNY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hawarden, in the county ofSioux and State of Iowa, have invented certain useful Improvements inSwinging Car-Doors 'and Hangers,,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in swinging car doors and hangerstherefor, one object of the invention being the provision of a door andhanger by means of which the door may be slid vertically upon its .pivotand yet be permitted horizontal swinging movement.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a latchcontrolled auxiliary jamb member, whereby the free edge of the door maybe held from swinging movement in opposite directions, or may bepermitted free swinging movement through the door opening.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a door andhanger of this type which is simple, durable and cheap in construction,and thoroughly eflicient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a carequipped with the present invention, dotted lines showing the door open.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2.-2 of Fig. 1, the auxiliary jambbeing shown in dotted lines in position for permitting the door freeswinging movement.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the auxiliary jamb and the latchtherefor, and

Fig. 4 is a broken away detail view showing the door opposed in movementin one direction, and

Fig. 5 is a broken away detail view showing the door opposed in movementin an opposite direction.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the door frame of acar. The car frame is not boarded up above the mid line but the car isboarded up to the mid line as shown at 9 so that the door 15 to bedescribed, when raised, may be swung into the space between the doorpost and the next post. 7 designates an outwardly-extending projectionadapted to support the lower edge of the car door.

A cylindrical rod 11, is attached to the outer face of the car, havingits lower end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1916. Serial No. 90,326.

12 seated within the sill 13, while its upper L-shaped end 14 isattached to the car, adjacent the edge of the door frame.

The door 15 is provided with the straps or loops 16 which embrace therod 11, so'

that the door may be swung transversely and slid longitudinally of therod, to pass into the opening of the frame or be seated against the wall6 of the car, such portion 6 being of sufficient height to permit thelower edge of the door to be raised above the cleat 10 which is securedon the projection 7 and then lowered therebehind when seated in therecessed portion 6. By this means the door may be positioned at anypoint vertically of the rod 11. and be swung through the opening of theframe.

To provide means for limiting the swinging movement of the door, andalso to permit it to be limited from movement through the opening, a rod16, is journaled through the sill, while its upper end is journaled inthe hanger 17, attached to one side of the frame 5, there being attachedto the rod intermediate of its ends the plate 18, which is provided witha recess or channel 19 to fit upon the rod, and with two wings 20, whichform an auxiliary jamb for the door, which can be moved into or out ofthe path of the free end of the door. To lock the rod and plate fromrotation, in one direction with one wing 20 projected in the path of thedoor, the lower end 21 of the rod 16 is bent at right angles to thebody. and is disposed to ride below and engage the notch of the pivotedlatch member 22, which is mounted upon the lug 23, and is provided withthe operating handle 24.

Thus when it is desired to permit the door to swing freely through thedoor frame, the plate 18 is rotated to place the wings out of the pathof the door. Fig. 4 shows how the door 15 is held against movement inone direction by means of one wing 20. It will now be seen that when thedoor 15 shall have been swung out of the way to the dotted line positionshown in Fig. 4, that rod 16 may be turned at right angles to itsposition, shown in Fig. 1 so as to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2.This will bring the plate 18 to such a position that when the door 15shall engage the same it will be held against movement in an oppositedirection. Under these conditions, it will be seen that the door 15 whenengaged as shown in Fig. 4 will bear against one wing 20 while theopposite wing will bear against a portion of the door jainb. When theplate 18 is positioned as shown in Fig. i, the door 15 may be swung toopen position and slid upwardly and en gaged against the cleat 10. Afterthe grain shall have been packed in the car, the door can be slid downagain and made to engage the plate 18 so as to be held from swinginginto the car against the grain.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis evident that a simple and novel construction of vertically slidahleand horizontally swinging door is provided, and one which can be heldfor movement upon one side of the door opening, or permitted to swingthrough the opening at will.

ll hatl claim as new is In a device of the class described, incombination, with a door frame having a longitudinal bottom sill, ahanger secured to the side of said frame and having a portion extendingin the door opening of the frame and disposed horiaontz-tlly, a rodvertically, jourees ere naled in said longitudinal sill having its upperend rotatably received in the last-named projecting portion or" thehanger, said rod being formed below said sill with a right angular crankby which it is adapted to be rotated, a. door swinging in a horizontalplane within the door opening, an angle iron member having three sidestwo of which are arranged in parallelism and the third connecting thefirst two sides at right angles, said rod being secured in the cornerotthe third and one of the first two sides of said member so as to movesaid angle iron member in unison with itself so that one of the saidparallel sides may serve as a stop against which said door may bear, alug depending from said sill, a latch arm pivoted at one end upon saidlug, said latch arm being provided with a notch "having along and ashort side edge, said notch adapted to engage the crank of said rod tolock it against rotation.

in testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

LUTHER l. KENNY.

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